Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: I'm Ruining My Glasses
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:02:29 -0400

> > > I'm looking though Zeiss close in progressives now!!
> > > Marc! you should check this out!!
> > > http://spectacle.zeissdata.com/consumer/index.html
> >
> > I had them, I hated them.  I went back to just regular lenses.
> You have to
> > tilt your head almost up at 45 degrees to see close-up, and look down at
> > your fee to see away.  I found my head working like one of
> those silly dogs
> > in the back shelf of some of cars in certain parts of town...
> >
> > I was sick for days after trying those damn things!
>
> Regular bifocals you have to tilt your head up  45 degrees to see
> close up.
> Close up being a few feet away.

Have you tried these?  They were the progressives...and I really did not
like them at all.

> THESE from Zeiss (only i think) have the middle part focused 2.5 feet away
> The very bottom is for a foot away. You use that a lot less.

That is what I had, Zeiss progressives...

> Unscrew front element of Zeiss lens.
> What ever happened with that?

Returned it to the seller, bought new one...new one had dust, returned that,
got another new one, new new one had dust, returned that one...got another
other new one, new new new one had dust...sending it to manufacturer for
cleaning.  It is just a lense that they apparently don't take much care in
making.  None of my other lenses have dust in them...